{"id":575,"date":"2017-05-22T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glittr.ro\/en\/?p=575"},"modified":"2017-05-22T13:56:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:56:46","slug":"what-to-do-when-god-isnt-answering-your-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glittr.ro\/en\/what-to-do-when-god-isnt-answering-your-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT TO DO WHEN GOD ISN\u2019T ANSWERING YOUR PRAYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a9RELEVANT MAGAZINE \/\/ BY ANN SWINDELL \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>APRIL 18, 2017<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

All of us have prayers that haven\u2019t been answered yet\u2014at least, not in the way we want them to be. And for some of us, these unanswered prayers feel like the lynchpin of our lives: We feel like if God would just answer this one prayer, everything would finally lock into place.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what do we do when we\u2019re in the limbo of waiting? How do we keep moving forward? Here are three things to remember:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. GOD\u2019S TIMING ISN\u2019T THE SAME AS OURS.<\/b><\/h4>\n

We pray and ask God for something\u2014healing, change, breakthrough\u2014because we see our lives from our perspective (which is the only way we can see things!). But God\u2019s perspective is much, much bigger\u2014it\u2019s eternal in its scope and wisdom. When we start praying for something and it doesn\u2019t happen on our timeline, it\u2019s easy to think that God has forgotten us or refuses to answer. But in truth, God is working out all things for our good (Romans 8:28). Sometimes that means that He is waiting on answering a particular prayer now because He can see down the road and He wants what is eternally and completely best for us. So even though God might seem slow sometimes, He\u2019s never actually slow. He\u2019s not even late. His sense of timing is just way, way better.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. YOU WON\u2019T BE WAITING FOREVER.<\/b><\/h4>\n

Some of us will have certain prayers answered here on earth, and we\u2019re told to pray persistently about the things on our hearts (Luke 18:1-8). And yet, some of us will pray the same prayer for a lifetime and not see it answered in the way we want here on earth. But I can promise you that you won\u2019t be waiting forever. There is a day coming when Christ will return and make all things new (Revelation 21:5). On that day, every prayer will be answered in its truest and best way, every sickness will disappear, and every trouble will fade. Even death will be swallowed up in life (2 Corinthians 5:4). Christ Himself will meet every longing and fulfill every dream, and all of our waiting will end.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. GOD LOVES YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND WITHOUT RESERVATION.<\/b><\/h4>\n

Our culture constantly implies that love is the same as license\u2014that loving someone means giving them what they want. But true love isn\u2019t anything like that; true love means giving someone what they deeply need, even if it\u2019s not what they immediately want. God loves us in this way, and that\u2019s why He has given us Christ\u2014His life, death, and resurrection\u2014to secure the way for us to have right relationship with Him. This is the truest form of love: giving us a way to be redeemed when we\u2019ve never deserved it and can\u2019t earn it.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, when it feels like our prayers keep going unanswered and it might feel like God isn\u2019t loving us, the reality is that He loves us more than anyone else. He proved that love at the cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANN SWINDELL <\/span>is the author of the new book Still Waiting: Hope for When God Doesn\u2019t Give You What You Want<\/span>. You can find her online at <\/span>annswindell.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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